Police are appealing for witnesses after a driver crashed their car in Kilcoo and abandoned it.
Motorists told police the car crossed oncoming traffic before ploughing into a hedge and fence.
It happened on Sunday night on the Hilltown Road.
It's understood the driver flagged down a passing motorist who took them home.
Officers traced the car-owner and arrested them.
They're now asking anyone who was there around 7:30pm to contact them.
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